William Shakespeare William Shakespeare is known as the greatest English writer of all time.

Shakespeare was born in 1564 in Stratford-upon-Avon England. !is father "ohn was a glove maker and his mother #ar$ %ame from a farming famil$. !e had two brothers and four sisters. William went to the village s%hool. &n 15'( Shakespeare married a lo%al woman named Anne !athawa$. )heir daughter Susanna was born in 15'* and their twins !amnet and "udith were born in 15'5. +othing is known about Shakespeare,s life from 15'5 to about 15-1. &t is known that b$ 15-( he was an a%tor living in .ondon. !e started writing poems about this time and later wrote more than 15/ sonnets whi%h were published in 16/-. !e was also writing pla$s. &n 15-4 Shakespeare and some other a%tors started a new theatre %ompan$. &t was sponsored b$ a wealth$ nobleman the .ord 0hamberlain. When "ames & be%ame king he sponsored their %ompan$ and it be%ame known as the 12ing,s #en.3 &n 15-- the %ompan$ built a new theatre %alled the 4lobe. Shakespeare was one of its owners. 5or over (/ $ears he wrote about two pla$s a $ear for the a%ting %ompan$ to perform in the 4lobe theatre. Ever$one from ro$alt$ to peasants %ame to see his pla$s. Shakespeare be%ame a wealth$ man and bought a large house in Stratford. After about 1611 he spent most of his time there. !e died on April (* 1616 and was buried at Stratford. !e was 5( $ears old. Shakespeare,s pla$s in%lude %omedies tragedies and histories. S%holars have studied his pla$s and poems for over *// $ears. Some argue about whether he a%tuall$ wrote some of the pla$s. 6ther s%holars have tried to dis%over the identities of the man and woman he wrote about in his sonnets. )oda$ all of his pla$s are still performed and en7o$ed b$ people around the world.

VOCABULARY REVIEW A. Choose the word(s) with the words i! the $ollowi!" se!te! es. 1. Shakespeare married a lo%al woman. a8 poor b8 from the area %8 ri%h

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(. Shakespeare wrote more than 15/ sonnets. a8 a kind of poem b8 a stor$ %8 a letter *. A wealth$ nobleman sponsored Shakespeare,s theater %ompan$. a8 English b8 from the %it$ %8 ri%h 4. A wealth$ nobleman sponsored his theater %ompan$. a8 attended b8 liked %8 helped b$ giving mone$ 5. Ever$one from ro$alt$ to peasants %ame to see his pla$s. a8 ver$ poor farmers b8 noblemen %8 %hildren 6. 9o$alt$ %ame to see Shakespeare,s pla$s. a8 tea%hers b8 poor people %8 people belonging to a king or :ueen,s famil$ ;. Shakespeare was buried at Stratford. a8 born b8 put in the ground %8 died '. Shakespeare wrote man$ %omedies. a8 funn$ stories b8 sad stories %8 long stories -. Shakespeare also wrote man$ tragedies. a8 poems b8 funn$ stories %8 stories with ver$ sad endings 1/. S%holars have studied his pla$s for hundreds of $ears. a8 people who stud$ all their lives b8 large s%hools %8 poets

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